Knee pain and osteoarthritis in the general population: What influences patients to consult?

Family Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 443-453

  Bedson, John ^a   Mottram, Sara ^a   Thomas, Elaine ^a   Peat, George ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Family medicine; Pain; Rheumatology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 36349000547     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmm036     Document Type: Article

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